Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-21

South, IN red and yellow. In the center,
surrounded by Maya sphinXes, wss one
Of the pyramid temples peculiar to that
race.
Michabo, the Great White Rabbit, the
Algonquin chief, whom tradition repre-
sented as having built the great
lakes of the west for beaver dams, was
smoking in his palace built of glitterirg
iCebergs. The scene around was an
immense snowfeld lit up by the aurora
borealts. From the pipe which the White
Rabbit was smoking, rose clouds Of
mist and hail; and in attendance, obedient
to his orders, stood the Winds and the
spirits of SnOT and Frost.
The Temple of the sun at Cuzco, which
followed, was ore of the grandest ia
bleaux of the procession, being repro
duction, SIS far as possible, of that great
est work of the Peruvian Iacas. The
walls were represented as of gold and sill
yer, studded with precious stones. a per-
petual ire burned before the altar, tended
by priests and virgins in white. At the
extremity OF the temple was the image of
the Orb Of Day, which the Peruvians wor-
SHIPPED. \ ball of gold, whose rays, lit
up by the lights without, penetrated
every portion of the miniature temple.
The tableau was loudly ard enthusiastic
caIly spplauded as one of the handsomest
ever presented in New Orleans carnival
displays.
Cupay, the Peruvian underworld, the
Indisn purgatory, was. dark, gloomy
cave OF rocks, almost devoid OF light,
within which the spirits, clothed in
irridescent Colors, awaited impatiently
the time when they would be released
from their prison and become Il part of
the sun.
The Aztec heaven, the queerest belief
of that strange race, showed their land
of promise near the sun. Around that
orb the spirits of the deceased in the
form of bright and beautiful blossoms
emitting the most delightful of perfumes
were floating on rose-tinted clouds until
that day of judgment, when they would
merge into the sun itself and become q
part of it's effulgence.
The three Hurakuis, the trinity of the
storm, the lightning, the thunder and the
bolt which brought death, were repre-
sented according 10 the Quecha legend,
standing amid black storm clouds, through
which snake-like flashes of lightning play
ed; while behind them hoated the ram
bow, which promised that the storm was
over.
The Fountain of Youth followed next
which restored health and vigor to those
who drank of its waters, and to
| find which Ponce de Leon and DeSoto
| tramped their long and weary march
through Florida. The tableau was one of
| the richest in COlors in the entire process
sion. The fountain lay in the n idst of a
| land of flowers, the basin bordered by
tall palms, among which played hosts of
birds of Paradise. The fountain itself
gushed from a rocky cliff into a golden
tinted basin, around which were gathered
the old, the haggard and the feeble to
drink of its magnetic waters.
The last tabeau represented the land
of ManOa. the Ell Dorado of which the
Indians told the Spanish invaders, and
which they searched for in vain. Here
were caverns of rock, diamonds and
rubies; the very trees were silver, with
leaves of gold and fruit and flowers OF
precious stones. In the glare of the
torches and electric lights the tableau
sent out thousand piercing, scintillatina
rays, aud left a stream of light behind it
Such was the procession of the Knights
organization, whose members constitute
one of the leading social clubs of New
Orleans, has ever given. The best tab
leaux were those representing the
Palace of the Sun, Ell Dorado
the Maya earth and the Great Magician,
all of which on account of the splendors
of color, and the bright reflections o.
glass and silver and gold, gave them il
the brilliant light splendid appearance
The parade marched along Canal, Camp
and St. Charles, and thence down to thu
French opera house, which had been con
verted into a ballroom for the
occasion, the floor being plankeC
over, making it one Of tn:
largest halls in the city. Here were
assembled between 5000 to 5000 OF tn,
best society of New Orleans and thu
vicinity and the visiting strangers. Afte
few tableaUX vivsnts, the audience
which had been seated in the upper tiers
decended to the floor below. Momu
opened the ball and dancing became gen
eral.
On Saturday the Flambeau Club vii
parade. Monday Rex enters the city ant
from that time forward New Orleans will
put on it's brightest gala-day appearance